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At UPMC, Android-enabled telehealth keeps child transplant patients safe

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh was the nation's first center to perform organ transplantation in children. "The telehealth portal was preferentially designed to allow the patient to access their appointment on the Cerner hospital electronic medical record via the HealtheLife app."

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FCC and other awards helped enable permanent telehealth policy changes in Virginia

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

With funding support from a broad range of federal agencies – Department of Commerce, HRSA, USDA and FCC – the health system has worked with more than 150 community hospitals, clinics, medical practices, schools and other healthcare entities to bring specialty care to underserved communities and patients.

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Health Provider News – October 7, 2022

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After court ruling for AHA in 340B case, HHS says it will start adjusting payment rates for certain 340B hospitals within approximately two weeks. Congress gives rural hospitals a reprieve, for now. Hospital leaders meet at White House to talk ‘twindemic’ strategies. Is the doctor’s office heading for extinction?